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Fundamentals of the pure spinor formalism [electronic resource] / Joost Hoogeveen.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Hoogeveen, Joost.
- Series:
- UvA-proefschriften
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spinor analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This thesis presents recent developments within the pure spinor formalism, which has simplified amplitude computations in perturbative string theory, especially when spacetime fermions are involved. Firstly the worldsheet action of both the minimal and the non-minimal pure spinor formalism is derived from first principles, i.e. from an action with two dimensional diffeomorphism and Weyl invariance. Secondly the decoupling of unphysical states in the minimal pure spinor formalism is proved.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; 1. String theory; 2. Pure spinor formalism; 3. Basic techniques; 4. BRST quantisation of the pure spinor superstring; 5. Decoupling of unphysical states; 6. Discussion and conclusion; Appendix A; Bibliography; Samenvatting; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Thesis--University of Amsterdam, 2010.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 90-485-1312-X
- OCLC:
- 657112389
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